Mimi Chakraborty's take on the fashion police's double-standards over fellow new MP Gautam Gambhir's Parliament attire is spot on

Newly-elected Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan faced backlash on social media over their choice of clothes for their first day in Parliament a few days back.

The two young women had posted separate pictures in front of the Parliament on their first day after being elected as MPs in the recently held polls. However, the way the two actresses were dressed did not go down well with netizens, who felt that their choice of clothes to attend a session in Parliament, which is considered as a 'temple of democracy', was inappropriate.

Ever since their candidature had been announced by the TMC, both Bengali actresses were subjected to trolling and hatred on social media for having no political experience or credentials to contest polls. Mimi, a Member of Parliament (MP) from Jadavpur, posted a photo of her wearing a white shirt, jeans and a pair of sneakers. "And its us again. 1st day at Parliament" she wrote alongside the picture. Meanwhile, Nusrat, a TMC lawmaker from Basirhat, shared a photo on Twitter of the two women displaying their identity cards and said, "A new beginning..!! I thank @MamataOfficial and people of my #Basirhat constituency to have belief in me."

Without wasting time, a Twitter user replied on Mimi's tweet saying, "Do u both think parliament is your rampwalk stage???"

And when Gautam Gambhir's picture from the parliament was being circulated on social media, a journalist asked, "Has the fashion police attacked Gambhir yet? Or only for the women? I think @GautamGambhir is looking great" [sic]

To which, Mimi Chakraborty answered: "No they didn’t ma’am its only bcoz we r women probably but @GautamGambhir looks great" [sic]

Netizens immediately started pouring in comments for Mimi's reply to a journalist.

The TMC had fielded 17 women candidates in 42 seats in West Bengal. 

(With inputs from ANI)